Windshield wiper



May 31, 1932. Q wlNTER 1,860,971

WINDSHIELD WIPER Filed April 3, 1950 Patented Muay 31 1932 PATENT ori-"ice CHARLES WINTER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS WrNnsHInLn wIrER.

Application area Aprn 3,

This invention relates to windshield wipers, and has for its obj ect to produce a simple and inexpensive device of this character which is adjustable and may be readily apc plied to either the windshield or one of the side windows of an automobile body and detached therefrom, at will; and to attain certain particular advantages as will hereinafter more fully appear.

The invention consists in the novel structure, and in the parts and combinations and arrangements of parts kas hereinafter described and set forth with particularity in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating a practical adaptation of the invention,-

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary section through a windshield panel and showing the windshield wiper in side elevation as applied to said panel;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the windshield wiper, on an enlarged scale, the section being taken on or about the line of F ig'. 1

clip, illustrating details of the hinge for the swinging frame of the device;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section on the line lL- 4 ofFig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view, in elevation, showing a portion of the windshield panel and the cooperating supporting clip and handle portion of the wiping device. Y

Referring now to the drawings, the numeral Gdesignates the glass panel of a windshield of an automobile which, in some cases, is pivotally mounted but in the more modern automobile body structures is slidably mountedand is opened by being raised upwardly. In this connection also, as far as the present invention is concerned, it may be here noted that the wiping device may be interchangeably applied to the glass panels of the side windows of the automobile body, the only difference being that in the case of the windshield the device is applied to the lower edge portion of the panel 6, while in the case of the side window it is applied to the upper kedge portion thereof as the latter is lowered Fig.k 3 is an edge view of the supporting 1930. Serial No. 441,276.

practicallyk all body Hingedly supported in the loop 8 is a swing- Y ing frame 10, whichk preferably comprises a relatively stili1 wire which is bent to form a substantially U-shaped intermediate portion whose-[transverse base portion 11 extends through the loop V8 and whose leg portions 12 and 1.3 are parallel and extend across the sidewalls of the clip 7 in closely adjacent but spaced relation the-reto. The leg 12 is extended to form a handle 14:, which extension, as shown, is slightly offset, as at l5, so

as to'aiford ample clearance between the lhandle and the adjacent face of the windshield panel 6, and the handle being preferably provided with a knob 16 for convenience in manipulating the device.

The leg 13 of the swinging frame 10 is offvset to a considerable extent, as at 17, said offset portion being bowed outwardly beyond a straight end portion 18 which extends substantially parallel with the outer face of the windshield panel 6. Adjustable on the straight end portion 18 of the swinging frame 10 isa supporting bracket 19 in the form of a clip comprising a cooperating pair of opposed members 20 and 21 whose end portions 20 and 21 are respectively formed so as to partially encompass the adjacent portion of the extension 18 of the swinging frame 10 with clamping effect when the nut 22 is tightened on the screw 23 which secures the two members 20 and 21 together. The opposite end portionsof the `members 20 and 2l are offset laterally, as at 24- and 25, respectively, betweenwhich portions a squeegee 26 is pivotally mounted.

The squeegee 26, as shown, preferably comprises a channeled base member 27, which is preferably formed of sheet metal, the base portion of said member 27 being preferably rounded, as at 28, thereby producing a bead which materially stiffcns it and at the same time rovides an internally chambered portion or the accommodation of the beaded enlargement 29 of the squeegee 26, the reduced middle portion of the latter being overlapped b the concav'oconvex side'p'ortions 30 of sai member 27, and the outer portion of said squeegee being enlarged, as at 3l, producing a bead which is" 'substantialIy tri; angular in cross-section and the sides ofg said portion 31 being corrugated, as at 32, te pioduce longitudinal ribs which are, preferably V-shaped, as shown, and a rib 33, which is preferably rectangular in cross-section,-beingv formed at the ridge of said enlargement 31; The squeegee is hingedly 'supported on the portions 24 and 25 of the bracket 19 by a Cotter pin 34 which is inserted through alined openings in the portions Qtand' of said bracket 19 and the adjacent portions of the sque'egee members '26 and 30.

.In applyifg'the device to the windshield of an automobilebody, it is onlynecessary 6 with the clip 7,

' windshield opening, after whichthewind# to raise the panel 6 ofthe windshield sufii' cientl i to pass the clip 7 thereunder, at which time he frame 10 may be swung to'a horizontal position so as to passunder the panel and' after the clip 7 i is placed over the adjacent marginal portion of the' panel 6, the panel `islowered untilthe base portion ofY they clip is :brought into en# gagementwith the frame surrounding' the shield wiper is mani )ulated by grasping the knob 16 on the hand e extension 14. Incase it is desirable to 'apply' the wiping device to' vone of the side windows of the automobile, the' glass Apanel thereof is lowered 'andfthef clip 7 placed over the'upp'er edge ofI said panel and'theii the window israised to closed position so that the clip is held irm'lyb'etween thev edgeof the glass panelA and the ad'jaeent portion of the window frame. this application of the wipingdevice it is manipulated just the same as when applied to the windshield, except that in the'one? case it is applied at the lower portion of the panel :and in the other case at the upper portion thereof.k By providing for the adjustment ofthe supporting bracket 19 on the extension 18 ofthe rocking frame 10 the squeegee 26 may be obviously adjusted to operate' in the 'area most vconvenient for the vision ofthe driver or passenger in the car.

From the foregoing it is apparent that a wiping device is produced which 4may be readily applied to the windshield to take the l' placeiof the ordinary wiping device which'is usuallyy applied as a partv vof the regular standard equipment, or supplementalthereto as an auxiliary device, and, further, owing tothe nominal cost at which thedeviceA may f the" o be produced, extra wipers may be carried for emergencies where it would be advantageous to apply them to the side windows of the ear as well as the windshield, for the convenience of assengers as well as the driver.

bviously, the device may be modified considerably in its structural details and arrangements without departing from the spirit'and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. The invention, therefore, not limited to the specific construction"andfrrangement shown in the aceealpaerng drawinge Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1'. In awindshield wiper or the like, asubstantially Ulsha'ped rclipha'wing a loop formed invr its base portion and"being adapted to straddle theedgeA portion of ii panel to be wi'pedz'ilandengage the sides of 'said panel, a rlo'ckable' frame having 'af substantially U- shapedw intermediate portion of "slightly greater width than said"U-shaped clip',"the base portion of said substan'tially'U-shaped intermediate portion being insertediii said loop, oneside of said rockable frame being bent outwardly and inwardly into a s'ubstan tially elliptical yshape land: its 1extremeend kbeing disposed substantiallyfparallel to the uprights 'of said U-shapedportion and the' opposite A"sidle'of said rockable' frame being` offsetfrom thel'other uprightrof saidy U-shaped portion'anda squee'gee mounted onl first of'saidsides.' i

2. Ina windshieldwiperuor the like, a. substantially U-fshape'd l`meinbe"having a loop oifin'ediin its base portion and4 being, adapted tost'r'addle the edge portion oa panel tobe wiped andY engage the sides oi: saidr panel, a rockablei franie' iavinga substantiallyUg shapedv 'intermediate portion of slightly greater width than lsaid Ufshape'd member, thebase y'portion' T1of said substantially Qi- ShePed. intermediate portion bejihg inserted in'saidfloop,"`one side of sai'drockable frariie being.'beiitioiitvvaijdlytand inwardly into ay substantially elliptical' shape and, its extreme' endv being disposed substantially parallelito theV uprights Asaid tljfsliapedA portion and p osite side of'said rockable 'frame bel ing o setj from the other upright ofsaid Ui shaped portion and la squeegee mountedi'oii the'first olsaid sides.

In testlmony whereof I have signed my 

